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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	LS/355.009
Title	We died with our boots clean: the youngest Royal Marine Commando in WWII.
Date	2009
Publication Date	2009
Author	McAlpine, Kenneth
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
ISBN	9780752451893
Abstract	At the age of seventeen, Kenneth McAlpine ran away from Repton school to join Churchill's new elite special force, the Royal Marine Commandos. As the youngest member of the youngest commando force, after three months he found himself fighting on the beaches of Normandy. This title tells McAlpine's story of World War II and his military career.
Term	Second World War (1939-1945)

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Repton School

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